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Tamil refugees detained by UK on Chagos islands go on hunger strike
The 42 hunger strikers are part of group of 89 Sri Lankans whose boat was intercepted in Indian Ocean by British military
Dozens of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who have been detained for over seven months in a military base on an overseas territory claimed by Britain have gone on hunger strike in despair at their plight.
The 42 hunger strikers are part of a group of 89 Sri Lankans, including 20 children, whose boat was intercepted and escorted to Diego Garcia in the middle of the Indian Ocean by the British military after running into distress while apparently headed to Canada from India in October last year.
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